Episodes

Today’s buzz: Industry 4.0. It’s 2014 and we’re witnessing the rise of the Industrial Internet and orchestrated manufacturing. This Age of the Smart Factory brings a new generation of systems delivering real-time awareness an...

Today’s buzz: Mobility. Welcome to the Mobile 2.0 world. Enterprise mobility is moving at triple-Internet speed. Adoption of BYOD and enterprise-wide B2E, B2B and C2B is disrupting traditional computing. Nearly 50% of organiz...

Today’s buzz: Thinking. According to “The 10 Skills That Will Get You Hired In 2013” (Forbes.com, Dec. 10, 2012), the top four skills required for 9 of the top 10 most in-demand jobs were critical thinking, complex problem so...

Today’s buzz: Marketing. We’re all bombarded daily by a deluge of content. Some works its intended magic; most fails with a splat or simply vaporizes. If you’re among the legions of writers (or a manager of writers) spewing f...

The buzz: Project teams. When it comes to technology implementation roll-outs, achieving success demands astutely aligning your time, money and people with corporate objectives. The bottom line: If your project teams aren’t e...

Today’s buzz: Shared value in education. What if your company could deliver shareholder returns while simultaneously helping to solve our global education crisis, and better prepare the workforce for the jobs you need to fill...

Today’s buzz: Cloud. The IT industry is in a state of flux, with its traditional approaches heavily impacted by disruptive technologies. Cloud computing tops that list. Want to know more? Hear what five cloud experts see in t...

The buzz: Cloud. Three technology visionaries meet to gaze into the cloud. What do their expert eyes see? Jeff Kaplan, THINKstrategies: “In my view, the cloud computing marketplace will change rapidly in the coming year.” Jor...

The buzz: Social regulation? Social media has given customers a powerful voice that can make or break your brand reputation in a virtual heartbeat. If you’ve suffered their slings and arrows, did you succumb to the temptation...

The buzz: Social. Have your company’s social engagement tools and practices evolved to meet the demands of today’s digitally-empowered, brand-controlling customers – or are you stalled, stumbling, or just plain failing? If th...

Looking for a crystal ball to help you predict what 2014 may bring for your business, your industry, your marketplace? We’ve got the next best thing – dozens of expert insights into the technologies, strategies, and trends th...

Today’s buzz: Donations. Businesses are pressured to do the right thing via donations, especially at year-end. Giving feels good. It could feel even better all year long if your company expands its generosity to support NPOs ...

Looking for a crystal ball to help you predict what 2014 may bring for your business? We’ve got the next best thing – more than 40 thought leaders sharing their expert insights into the technologies, strategies, and trends th...

Today’s buzz: Giving. Your company is continually pressured to help locals less fortunate via cash, clothing, food, toys donations. Giving is good, right? What if you expand that generosity worldwide to effect social change b...

What’s on your wish list this holiday season? If it’s a crystal ball to help you predict what 2014 may bring for your business, we’ve got the next best thing – more than 40 thought leaders sharing their expert insights into t...

Today’s buzz: Mobility. Welcome to the Mobile 2.0 world. Enterprise mobility is moving at triple-Internet speed. Adoption of BYOD and enterprise-wide B2E, B2B and C2B is disrupting traditional computing. Your company may soon...

Today’s buzz: Giving. Your company is continually pressured to help locals less fortunate via cash, clothing, food, toys donations. Giving is good, right? What if you expand that generosity worldwide to effect social change b...

Today’s buzz: Sports. Whether you play sports or just watch, you may already be seeing the impact of an exciting new ‘player’ on the court, the field, the track, the pool, the television. Its name is technology and it’s enhan...

Today’s buzz: Banking fraud. They’re smart, they’re creative, and they’re determined to make your money their money. They succeed using a recipe of new technology and old-fashioned chutzpah. Our challenge: harness the same te...

Today’s buzz: Insurance. The insurance industry is on a paper-to-digital journey that will affect every aspect of its business – especially the customer experience. Really? We can only hope they’ll finally get it right. The e...

Today’s buzz: Predictive. IBM’s Watson beat Mensa on Jeopardy. Target knows your family. Match.com picks mates. How are they so smart? The experts speak. John Elder, Elder Research: “Humans and machines have very different st...

Today’s buzz: The city. Your city is a complex vital entity with the power to impact your local quality of life as well as national and global economies. How is your city running? Is innovation part of its DNA, spirit, budget...

Today’s buzz: Bribery and corruption are alive and well. The global economy continues to bring great opportunities and great risks. Wherever you do business, do you have measures in place to detect and thwart clever bribery a...

Today’s buzz: Corporate responsibility (CR). How’s yours? William Newman, Newport Consulting: “Disney’s decision to pull out of Bangladesh based on the government’s slow response to the building collapse illustrates CR isn’t ...